Isn't the president or the states cutting into our "Pursuit of Happiness"?

Question

In the Declaration of Independence, it talked about how King George lll invaded into the colonist's pursuit of happiness. Well, isn't that what the President is doing, or whoever is trying to stop same-sex marriages? What if a person finds that being gay or lesbian is their pursuit of happiness? Nobody has the right to say, "No, you can't get married!" because isn't that invading their Pursuit of Happiness?

To make things clear...
I mean that SOME people's pursuit of happiness is to get married with another person of the same gender. It doesn't mean that everyone thinks marraige is their happiness or anything.

Oh, and please star it IF you think it is an interesting question!

Just to let people know...I'm Straight!!

Answer 1

yes, dear the evil president is to blame for all your unhappiness

(rolls eyes)

now go out and play.

Answer 2

The only way to really fix things is to get rid of bonds altogether. If there were no bonds then they would be forced to use the money appropraitely. What they currently do is spend the money on things we would not approve bonds for and then come back asking that we approve bonds and loans from foriegn governments for things such as schools. The national defeciet (yearly) is almost exactly the amount we pay in interest on our current loans, thus no loans no defeciet. I personally do not mind paying higher taxes because it works out better in the end. Furthermore I do not care how the cantidates spend the money if there was a cantidate that would not borrow money, in this manner deficiencies would quickly become evident and could be dealt with appropriately. I understand that this does not adress your question directly, but you must understand that by limiting the budget to what is at hand we are effectively limiting government. If there was not as much money to be had in government I feel more philosophers would move into government replacing those with thier own monetary interests in mind.

Answer 3

Yeah, I agree that the government prohibiting consensual contracts between adults based on some religious precepts that not all individuals accept violates the principle of "pursuit of happiness." Unfortunately, "pursuit of happiness" isn't a legal standard. The Declaration of Independence holds absolutely no legal weight, but I believe that lawmakers should consider the tenets upon which this country was founded.

Answer 4

Anytime the government attempts to legislate morality, they do so at the risk of infringing upon some of our most basic freedoms as set forth in the Constitution. The pursuit of happiness, although a vague concept difficult to define with any broad application, should only be restricted in matters of security, whether it be national or otherwise. Understanding that the pursuit of happiness is not a legal right set forth by the Bill of Rights, the intent of that famous statement was to point out that should be the ideal we as Americans strive for. Whether someone wants to marry a member of his or her same sexual orientation could not matter to me any less. And personally I think that anyone who does care is a selfish a**hole who needs to stay out of other peoples personal lives (and bedrooms). I wouldn't like it if the government told me I could not marry my girlfriend because we have different hair color, or because we have differing ancestry. It all boils down to the question, "Are we going to give the power of determining our personal happiness to a bunch of monkeys for hire-selling out to the religious right (or wrong I would say) or whatever other social interest group lining their pockets at any given time? We need to exercise the power of the populous to restrict any type of ridiculous moral legislation. Liberty!

Answer 5

Actually the answer to that would be no. The reason the answer is no is because you can pursue happiness all you like and no one is stopping you from doing that. However, there is no guarantee that you will achieve happiness. Using your logic criminals and drug addicts could say that the justice system is cutting into their pursuit of happiness etc. etc. etc and hundreds of other examples I could provide using the same criteria which would also be false. Laws are determined by the needs of society, they are not always fair, but nobody ever said that life was going to be.

Answer 6

That's funny. I would think living with someone and having a sexual relationship without the financial commitment of marriage is a better pursuit of happiness. That would be utopia in my opinion.

Answer 7

And why exactly do they have to be married to each other to claim happiness? These days, it seems to be better for couples not to get legally binded through marriage.

Answer 8

The President is a goofus..we need a woman in charge and we need to respect all people..gay, st8 or bi...and even Republicans

Answer 9

I don't think so. I just can't imagine a man and a man getting married?? Or two women?? That's like not natural. That's not a persuit of happiness, that's a persuit of weird.

Answer 10

Just do whatever makes you happy (without harming others) and don't be concerned about what others think on this matter.

Answer 11

I agree that he is doing that and a Whole lot more that we as people of the USA don't know about! Like taking OUR Rights and FREEDOM from us little bi little!